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When being a workaholic is bad for your economy
Monday, 23 Aug, 2010 – 15:34 | One Comment
When being a workaholic is bad for your economy

Japanese employees are known world-wide for their extreme workaholic behavior, long hours and dedication to their work. But I bet you didn’t expect that the same is true for the laid-back, easy-going, seemingly stress-free Australians.
With …

Kings of Tennis, now Kings of Humiliation
Saturday, 21 Aug, 2010 – 14:19 | 8 Comments

Remember the post about how the Kings Of Tennis tournament was going to grace the historical ground of Penang’s Esplanade? – They dug up the field to make way for the court!
Well forget that hype …

A hero and a cold blooded murderer, the same difference?
Wednesday, 11 Aug, 2010 – 7:48 | 2 Comments

What makes a hero and what makes a cold blooded murdering beast? Well in Malaysia that just depends on the choice of a verb (one little word!) that the leading newspaper’s journalist decides to place …

Steve Phillips Got Ditched by Marni Phillips Because of Brooke Hundley
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 7:20 | 7 Comments
Steve Phillips Got Ditched by Marni Phillips Because of Brooke Hundley

Who the heck are those people? Well, give me a chance to explain and you can tell me again that it does not make any sense. The former Met general manager (Steve Phillips) admitted that …

Blue Roses
Sunday, 8 Aug, 2010 – 18:23 | 2 Comments
Blue Roses

Suntory Ltd of Japan has done the impossible. It has genetically engineered an actual blue rose. I think it looks more purple than blue but it’s always been a pretty blur line between the two …

Art or scrap?
Sunday, 18 Jul, 2010 – 17:59 | No Comment

We know what we have manholes for and we certainly know why we need them to come covered. But do we really need them to come patterned (in an out of the ordinary more than …

When foreigners think they’re Asian (a controversial post)
Wednesday, 14 Jul, 2010 – 3:32 | 16 Comments

It’s a common thing to find Asians who want to look like Caucasians, but it’s a whole other annoying thing when foreigners think they’re more Asian than the Asians themselves. That’s how they start earning …

Unemployment in China continues to grow
Wednesday, 7 Jul, 2010 – 0:17 | No Comment
Unemployment in China continues to grow

With 1.3 billion people, China has the biggest population of any country in the world. It’s economy has been growing at an astounding average rate of 9% per year since 1978.
China is widely regarded as …

Yet another egg post: Century Eggs
Friday, 25 Jun, 2010 – 6:26 | No Comment
Yet another egg post: Century Eggs

Yes it’s yet another egg post, but you can’t say you’ve discussed the eggs of Asian cuisine but left out the famous Century egg! This egg even ‘starred’ in Fear Factor! How can we at …

Job Discrimination Inevitable
Sunday, 16 May, 2010 – 4:33 | One Comment

Job searchers in China say – job discrimination comes with the territory in China’s cutthroat job market.
About 85% of more than 3,400 respondents from 10 big cities in China said that job discrimination was a …

The appealing Myth about Chinese Women (part 4)
Saturday, 15 May, 2010 – 4:12 | No Comment

Continued…
Myth: Chinese women seek real love and relationships based on mutual understanding and respect.
Truth: That’s every woman’s dream, not just the Chinese. What how she defines real love, mutual understanding and respect just like every …

Beauty Queens, Regal Queens
Tuesday, 11 May, 2010 – 14:18 | 5 Comments
Beauty Queens, Regal Queens

I’ll confess that’s pretty misleading title because there’s no bikini clad women here, but what’s a poor unpopular writer to do when she needs your attention? (Flash you? Uh, no I said unpopular, not desperate.)
Anyways …

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